How do you make a product stand out from competitive products?

Leonard Sherman (Author & Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School)


Leonard Sherman provides examples of the types of products or services that stand out from the crowd and offer consumers a solution or a way to improve performing a job. He talks about the importance of constantly looking for ways to make a product or service meaningfully different from competitive products.

Leonard Sherman

Author & Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School Leonard Sherman is the author of "If You’re in a Dogfight, Become a Cat! Strategies for Long-Term Growth". He is an executive in residence and adjunct professor of marketing and management at the Columbia Business School. Len has worked as a senior partner at Accenture, as a managing partner of J.D. Power and Associates, and as a partner at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He holds a BS in aeronautical engineering, an MS in transportation systems and a PhD in transportation economics, all from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Leonard Sherman

Author & Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School

Leonard Sherman is the author of "If You’re in a Dogfight, Become a Cat! Strategies for Long-Term Growth". He is an executive in residence and adjunct professor of marketing and management at the Columbia Business School. Len has worked as a senior partner at Accenture, as a managing partner of J.D. Power and Associates, and as a partner at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He holds a BS in aeronautical engineering, an MS in transportation systems and a PhD in transportation economics, all from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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